Next the director of civil war era studies at Gettysburg College recounts the battle of gettysburg which took place between the union and confederate armies on july 1st to third, eighteen sixtythree and resulted in 50,000 casualties. This year marks the 150th anniversary of the conflict. [applause] thank you to all the members of the Atlanta History Center and to the trustees of the living Selector Fund for making this possible, making possible for me to visit again here in atlanta this beautiful joule of the city, what a pleasure it is to be here especially at the Atlanta History Center so devoted as it is to the study of the history of the city, the state of georgia and the United States. It is great to be back again. I wonder if we could have the lights down a bit because we have some pictures to see. Looking back over 20 years, Alexander Stewart web declared that the battle of gettysburg was and is now throughout the world known to be the waterloo of the rebellion. Certainly alex w
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<p>A failed cavalry attack nearly doomed Wellington at Waterloo. For years, Major General William Ponsonby's Irish horse was blamed to deflect from the tactical mistakes of human officers. </p>
<p>A failed cavalry attack nearly doomed Wellington at Waterloo. For years, Major General William Ponsonby's Irish horse was blamed to deflect from the tactical mistakes of human officers. </p>